General News Awareness day to focus on city’s young carers Are you a young carer? If so Brighton & Hove City Council wants to hear from you. Carers are people who provides unpaid support to family or friends who couldn’t manage without this help. This can mean caring for a relative, partner or friend who is ill, frail, disabled, or has mental health or subs By Besi • 2 min read
General News Muddy paws need cleaning, dog owners told Dog owners are being advised to give their four-legged friend’s paws a thorough wash after they’ve being out and about in muddy conditions. The advice comes from the city council’s animal warden and a veterinary surgeon who advises the local authority, after a dog was diagnosed with the Alabama Rot By Besi • 2 min read
Health Switchboard launch new LGBT+ anti-smoking campaign Brighton and Hove LGBT+ residents, LGBT Switchboard and Brighton and Hove City Council team up to deliver a campaign that encourages LGBTQ people to stop smoking. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Action taken to tackle ‘county lines’ drug-dealing in the city That’s the message in a report going to the Neighbourhoods, Inclusion, Communities & Equalities (NICE) committee on January 22. ‘County lines’ is the police term used to describe a national issue of urban gangs supplying drugs – primarily heroin and crack cocaine – to towns across the country using By Besi • 3 min read
General News Clear out your old IT for free A new pop up shop is being opened by the city council and its partners to allow people to declutter their old tech in a post-Christmas clear out. Anyone with unwanted tech like computers, laptops, phones, cameras and cables – possibly because they’ve bought or received new equipment over the festive By Besi • 2 min read
General News Brighton Council lists brownfield sites with potential for house building Almost 180 brownfield sites have been identified as having potential to provide space for some of the homes Brighton & Hove needs in future. By Besi • 2 min read
General News Council’s pop up shop a real IT success Over the last few weeks city residents have donated almost 1.5 tonnes of unwanted tech to help charities and people in the community. Brighton and Hove City Council, and its partners opened a ‘tech take-back pop up shop’ in the city centre allowing people to declutter and safely dispose of their old By Besi • 2 min read
General News Kebab shop skewered for dumping waste in residents bins A city kebab shop has been fined a total of £1,650 for dumping its waste illegally. The Turkish Delight Kebab House, on Preston Road, got rid of its rubbish, including raw and cooked chicken breasts, skewers of raw and cooked lamb doner meat, salads, menus and advertising leaflets, in residents bins By Besi • 2 min read
General News Brighton Centre opens on Sunday for rough sleepers This Sunday (December 10), a night shelter opens at the Brighton Centre providing places for 30 people who are rough sleeping in the city. By Besi • 4 min read
General News Homeowner landed with bill of almost £3,500 for planning breaches Homeowner who carried out two extensions to his property without planning permission fined £2,000 plus costs by Brighton magistrates. Lewis Smith of 35 Hillcrest, built a single storey rear extension and a double upstairs dormer to the chalet bungalow in Brighton. By Besi • 2 min read
General News City councillors to get tough on anti-social behaviour City council set to launch a ‘two strikes and you’re out’ approach to tackling the city’s growing anti-social behaviour problem. Anyone, including businesses, committing an offence such as playing loud music, dumping rubbish in gardens or regularly repairing vehicles on the road or pavement, will fi By Besi • 2 min read
General News From fence laying to hedgerow cutting……offenders put to work in Brighton parks From fence laying to hedgerow cutting, rangers from Brighton & Hove City Council’s countryside team have been working with a team from Kent, Surrey and Sussex Community Rehabilitation Company (KSS CRC) to improve the city’s parks and open spaces. By Besi • 1 min read
